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I am the GM in a campaign and I recently made a controversial ruling in my campaign and I wanted to run it by the board. While I realize the GM can make any rules that he wants, my campaign is strictly RAW, including errata, FAQs with postings by Paizo game designers before going into interpretations and house rules for things not covered in the rules.

The ruling was for an Aid Another Diplomacy check and uses the following rules.

1) Aid Another. "You can help someone achieve success on a skill check by making the same kind of skill check in a cooperative effort. If you roll a 10 or higher on your check, the character you’re helping gets a +2 bonus on his or her check. (You can’t take 10 on a skill check to aid another.)" The Aiding character had to make a Diplomacy check vs DC 10. This part was non-controversial.

2) Diplomacy Check Influence Attitude. "If you fail the check by 4 or less, the character’s attitude toward you is unchanged. If you fail by 5 or more, the character’s attitude toward you is decreased by one step." The Aiding Character rolled a Diplomacy check of 3, which failed the DC 10 check by 5 or more, therefore the Indifferent NPC became Unfriendly (towards both characters since they were making the skill check cooperatively). The principal character was still allowed to Influence Attitude towards the NPC based upon the new Unfriendly attitude.

I believe my ruling accurately represents the rules as written however my players threw a tantrum and one even quit the game over this ruling. Just wondering what the forum thought.

If a character is beside an incorporeal character then can he 5' move into the square occupied by the incorporeal creature and does it provoke an attack of opportunity if he does?

The Summon Monster ability of a Summoner states, "In addition, he can expend uses of this ability to fulfill the construction requirements of any magic item he creates, so long as he can use this ability to cast the required spell."

If a Summoner uses his Summon Monster ability to Craft a Wand of Monster Summoning then does the Summoned Monster take a standard action to activate and last 1 minute/level as the Summon Monster Ability or does it take a full round to activate and last 1 round/level like a normal Summon Monster spell?

If the Wand uses the SLA rules for quicker activation and longer duration then does it have the same limitation as the SLA (cannot be active when eidolon or another monster is summoned)?